3/5/2019 Partnerships for Literacy Family Engagement and Community Partnerships for Early Literacy March 7, 2019 Barbara Boone, Ph.D. Meredith Wellman, Ph.D. Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center Agenda • Systems coaching practices and Partnerships for Literacy • Opportunities and issues for fidelity of implementation • Review Inventory, Creating a School Plan, and Coaching Service Delivery Plan • Practice facilitating team discussions • SSIP Year 4/SPDG Year 2, coaching implementation and monitoring Partnerships for Literacy Systems Coaching Implementation Science Partnerships for Literacy 1
3/5/2019 The WHY of Partnerships for Literacy In Ohio, each child is challenged to discover and learn, prepared to pursue a fulfilling post‐high school path and empowered to become a resilient, lifelong learner who contributes to society. Partnerships for Literacy The HOW: Family Engagement • 10 years of research • 52 studies • Family involvement practices as they affect early literacy (ages 3-8) Partnerships for Literacy Children benefit when parents and family members get involved in their learning and development. This conclusion is supported by decades of research that suggest that family engagement is positively linked to children's outcomes in preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary grades. Partnerships for Literacy 2
3/5/2019 • Studies demonstrate family involvement is positively linked to children literacy skills. • Weakest link was between family involvement at school and children’s outcomes. • Parents from diverse backgrounds, when given direction, can be more engaged – and their children can increase their reading skills – more so than children whose parents are operating without support or direction. Partnerships for Literacy • Interventions that were sustained and targeted were the most effective. • Interventions that lasted for longer period of time and, • were clearly defined in relation to outcomes that logically flow from a theory of change • were associated with greater gains in achievement. Partnerships for Literacy • Schools and community groups must be intentional about including families as an integral part of their school or program. • This outreach is important for all parents – • and especially so for those whose children are most at risk of having learning problems. Partnerships for Literacy 3
3/5/2019 The WHAT : Partnerships for Literacy • Team of parents and teachers • Inventory of current practices • Developing a local plan • Implementation and monitoring • Sustained and implemented with fidelity Partnerships for Literacy 2019 Timeline Cohort 1 January - February Building the school’s P4L team By February 28 Report on P4L team in dashboard Meet several times as a team to complete January – May P4L inventory and create action steps Report on (1) P4L inventory, (2) Action Steps, By May 30 and (3) Coaching Plan in the dashboard Partnerships for Literacy 2019-2020 Timeline Cohort 1 F.E.L. Shift from facilitator to coach for school leader and 2019-2020 team. Follow your coaching plan to support implementation & evaluation of action steps. By February 28 Report on P4L team in dashboard Report on: (1)new P4L inventory results, By May 30 (2)new Action Steps (3)updated Coaching Plan in the dashboard. Partnerships for Literacy 4
3/5/2019 2019-2020 Timeline Cohort 1 School Team • Meets regularly • Invites new members as needed • Implements, monitors, and evaluates family 2019-2020 engagement action steps • Conduct Inventory March-April • Develop action steps for 2020-2021 Partnerships for Literacy 2019 – 2020 Timeline Cohort 2 F.E.L. September - December Complete Focused Discussions 1-4 Submit Focused Discussions Feedback on December 31 Dashboard January - February Building the school’s P4L team By February 28 Report on P4L team in dashboard Meet several times as a team to complete January – May P4L inventory and create action steps Report on (1) P4L inventory, (2) Action By May 30 Steps, and (3) Coaching Plan in the dashboard Partnerships for Literacy Reflect 1. What is your role in supporting Partnerships for Literacy (family engagement) in the SSIP schools in my region? 2. What do you hope to gain today? 3. What are you most excited about in your work with the school(s) currently, or for the future? Partnerships for Literacy 5
3/5/2019 Implementation with Fidelity Partnerships for Literacy Stages of Implementation Pre‐Exploration Not intending to make changes Exploration Actively considering a change Installation Preparing for use of the innovation Initial Actively engaged in learning how to do and support Implementation the doing of innovation Full Actively working to make full use of innovation as Implementation part of typical functioning Partnerships for Literacy Implementing Partnerships for Literacy with Fidelity • Core Components • Must dos? Non-negotiables? • Connections/feedback with system of leadship? • As a group: • Discuss and record • Consult with binder • Report out (spoken, written, other) Partnerships for Literacy 6
3/5/2019 Stretch Break • https://youtu.be/a9WC_eLmP30 Partnerships for Literacy Coaching for fidelity and sustainability • Systems coaching (Process Coaching) • Effective Communication Strategies • Paraphrasing • Pausing • Probing questions • Presuming Positive Intent • Body language • Minimal encouragement Partnerships for Literacy 5 Coaching Questions 1. What’s working? 2. How do you know? 3. What’s not working? 4. How do you know? 5. What will you do next? Partnerships for Literacy 7
3/5/2019 Let’s practice! • Groups of three • Speaker • Coach • Observer • 3 minutes speaking/listening • 1 minute for observer to provide feedback • 1 minute of discussion Partnerships for Literacy Inventory: Three Areas • Communication (7 items) • Supporting Early Language and Literacy at Home (6 items) • Strategic Community Partnerships (4 items) Partnerships for Literacy The Inventory • Intended to be completed by a team of family members, teachers, Administrators, and community partners • The goal is a plan of action steps to be implemented school-wide to support families as partners in the multi-tiered system of supports for students • Team members reflect on each item (and other prompts used) • Teams discuss and rank items on two scales • Team use Reflection Questions (coaching questions!) to prioritize areas for action planning (page 29) Partnerships for Literacy 8
3/5/2019 10 minutes review Jigsaw the Inventory 5 minutes share out • 8 groups • 2-3 items each • Review item, prompts, evidence • Would you rephrase the question? • Would you add prompts? Best? • Would you add evidence? • Points of interest? Heads up? Partnerships for Literacy Partnerships for Literacy Practice! • Cohort I FEL and small group • FEL selects an item or 2 (3 minutes) • 2 parents • 2 teachers • 1 observer • 5 min. facilitation • 2 min. Observer gives feedback • 3 min. Questions. Switch • Repeat Partnerships for Literacy 9
3/5/2019 Stretch Break https://youtu.be/XewzQ9MRDh8 Partnerships for Literacy Planning Guide • Greatest areas of need (Consider student data, Inventory results) • Select one area? One action step in each area? (Communication, Learning at Home, Community) • What could be accomplished quickly? Spring? Longer term. • What is feasible given resources of the school? • What is possible given additional SPDG $5,000 for your school? Partnerships for Literacy Research Review of Impact Lower Impact Higher Impact Parent/Caregiver Volunteering Goal-setting Discussions Bulletin Boards Parent/Caregiver Training Events Fundraisers Weekly data- Positive Back to phone calls sharing Class Parties school night home folders PTAs Potlucks Home visits Parent/Caregiver - Teacher Conferences Regular, Student personalized Performances Interactive communication Homework, tips, Generic and tools for Classroom Newsletters home learning Observations or 30 mini-lessons Source: The Flamboyan Foundation, 2012 10
3/5/2019 High Impact (Long term) Difficult to Easy to Implement Implement X Y Low Impact (short term) What will we do? How will we know? (page 5) • Action step • Description • How much, how often, with whom? • Who will be impacted? • How will you measure progress and results? • How does this fit with our Reading Achievement Plan? Partnerships for Literacy Reporting the Action Steps • By May 30, 2019 • Log into the Dashboard • Upload the saved, scanned or pdf, completed plan document (Reading Achievement Plan, pdf from Planning guide, etc.) Partnerships for Literacy 11
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